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Orange County Judge OKs Laguna Hills Motel for Homeless People as Virus Continues to Spread [April 20 Coronavirus Update]

Emergencies & Disasters
By Spencer Custodio | April 20, 2020

The County of Orange will finally get homeless people into a hotel in South County after an OC Superior Court judge looks unconvinced by Laguna Hills efforts to stop the county from housing people there during the novel coronavirus pandemic, which has killed 33 people as of Monday.

Orange County COVID-19: Daily Update on Deaths, Hospitalizations & Response

Orange County Coronavirus
By Spencer Custodio and Brandon Pho | April 6, 2020

As of Monday, 14 people have died from the novel coronavirus in Orange County and 130 are hospitalized as the number of confirmed cases reached 882 out of roughly 10,500 people tested.

County Gears Up Tents, Trailers and Hotels to Help Homeless During Virus Pandemic

Orange County Coronavirus
By Spencer Custodio | April 2, 2020

County officials are rolling out a mixture of tents, trailers and hotel/motel rooms to help shelter homeless people around Orange County during the novel coronavirus pandemic. The move is expected to thin some of the overcrowded homeless shelters.

Options Limited For Those Stuck at County Walk-in Shelter Amidst Virus Outbreak

Orange County Coronavirus
By Spencer Custodio | March 19, 2020

Orange County officials are scrambling to come up with a plan to combat the novel coronavirus for its main walk-in homeless shelter, where 450 people are living in tight quarters, a converted Santa Ana bus terminal that’s struggling to keep people separated from each other. 

CalOptima Counts 10,000 Homeless People in OC

CalOptima
By Spencer Custodio | June 7, 2019

CalOptima counted 10,000 of its members as homeless in Orange County. The count is 3,200 higher than the roughy 6,800 homeless people counted by the County in January.

Do Says OC Supervisors Not Taking Over CalOptima

CalOptima
By Spencer Custodio | May 29, 2019

Supervisor Andrew Do said the County isn’t looking to take over CalOptima, the health insurance plan for the poor, but he offered a spending plan, along with criticism, for the agency.

7,000 Homeless People in OC is a Wake Up Call, Experts Say

2019 Point in Time Count
By Spencer Custodio | April 25, 2019

The nearly 7,000 people officially homeless n Orange County should be a wake up call to the County and all 34 cities to start building affordable and permanent supportive housing, in addition to shelters, according to experts in the field.

CalOptima Unveils Medical Care Street Teams for Homeless, Commits $100 Million to Homeless Services

Countywide
By Spencer Custodio | April 8, 2019

Medical field teams will treat homeless people living on the streets after a federal judge pressured CalOptima — the county insurance plan for the poor and elderly — which also last week earmarked $100 million to homeless services.

Emergency CalOptima Vote Gets Doctors to Homeless People

Housing & Homelessness
By Spencer Custodio | February 26, 2019

Homeless people now will be visited and treated by medical teams on the streets after the CalOptima Board of Directors unanimously voted to immediately begin the program throughout Orange County.

Federal Judge Carter Calls OC’s Skyrocketing Homeless Deaths a ‘Public Health Crisis’

OC Homeless deaths
By Spencer Custodio and Nick Gerda | February 22, 2019

U.S. District Judge David O. Carter, after years of rapid growth in Orange County homeless deaths, issued an emergency request this week describing a “public health crisis in the County leading to the deaths of hundreds of people experiencing homelessness.”

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